Women's Gymnastics Pac-12 Conference

NCAA Regionals up next for all 8 Pac-12 women’s gymnastics teams

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SAN FRANCISCO - Pac-12 womens gymnastics is back in action this week with all eight programs gearing up to compete in NCAA Regionals for a second consecutive year. Every conference squad finished in the top 28 of the Road to Nationals rankings in 2023, marking the second time in Pac-12 history 100 percent of league teams have qualified for the NCAA postseason. Five Pac-12 teams claimed a top-16 seed - No. 4 UCLA, No. 5 Utah, No. 7 California, No. 11 Oregon State and No. 15 Arizona State - while six of eight were inside the top 20 of the final regular season RTN standings. The Utes captured their third straight Pac-12 title on March 18, but runner-up UCLA finished with the top NQS in the conference, edging out Utah by a slim margin (197.950-197.910). The Bruins are hosting the Los Angeles Regional, which will see UCLA, Utah, Washington and Stanford compete during two different sessions at Pauley Pavilion. California and Arizona State will be in different sessions of the Pittsburgh Regional and Oregon State and Arizona will start their NCAA run at the Denver Regional with the Wildcats competing in a play-in dual against North Carolina on Thursday at 12 p.m. PT to kick off the action. Every NCAA Regional will be streamed live on ESPN+ .

NCAA Womens Gymnastics Regionals will span from Wednesday, March 29-Sunday, April 2. The first day of competition is a dual meet that will serve as a play-in meet to enter the next round. The second round will consist of eight teams, and the regional final just four. Regional competition consists of of nine teams, three all-around individual competitors, and four individual specialists for each event. The top two teams from each regional will advance to the NCAA National Collegiate Gymnastics Championships, which are scheduled to take place April 13-15 in Fort Worth, Texas.

NCAA REGIONALS (March 29-April 2)

  • Competing at home as the top seed in the Los Angeles Regional, No. 4 UCLA will face off against No. 13 Missouri, Stanford and the winner of BYU/Boise State play-in dual in the second session at 7 p.m. PT on Thursday, March 30. The Bruins have won a total of 24 NCAA Regional titles and are looking to make a run at their ninth NCAA title and first since 2018. Stanford enters postseason competition for a second straight year and the 41st time overall.
  • No. 5 Utah will be in the first session of the Los Angeles Regional at 2 p.m. PT on Thursday against No. 12 Auburn, Southern Utah and Washington . The three-peat Pac-12 champions will be eyeing a record 47th-consecutive national championship appearance this season and are the only program in the nation to qualify for every national championship. The Red Rocks have won 33 regional titles (30 NCAA) and have finished second the other 13 years. After third-place finishes at the last two National Finals, the Utes are looking to break through and win their first national title since 1995. The Huskies have now qualified for the NCAA postseason for the second consecutive year after last year's appearance was their first since 2018 with this weeks appearance being their ninth in program history.
  • After qualifying for the 11th consecutive season and 27th time overall, No. 7 California will be in Pittsburgh to take on No. 10 Michigan State, Western Michigan and West Virginia at 11 a.m. PT/2 p.m. ET on Friday, March 31. No. 15 Arizona State will make its fifth straight NCAA Regional with its third consecutive top-16 seed. The Sun Devils will be in the second session of the Pittsburgh Regional beginning at 4 p.m. PT/7 p.m. ET on  Friday, taking on No. 2 Florida, Maryland and the winner of the Towson/Penn State play-in dual. The Sun Devils look to top its best finish of second place (1997) and claim its first NCAA championship.
  • No. 11 Oregon State heads to Denver to begin NCAA postseason action against No. 6 LSU, Georgia and Nebraska in the first session at 1 p.m. PT/2 p.m. MT on Friday, March 31. OSU is making its 49th consecutive postseason appearance and will be competing for their 30th national championship appearance. The Beavers are also eyeing their first regional title since 2011, which came in Corvallis, and their best finish in the NCAA Championships since they finished fourth in 1991. Arizona will make its fourth-straight appearance (34th all-time) and face off in the play-in meet against North Carolina in the Denver Regional at 12 p.m. PT on Thursday. The winner will advance to the eight-team round of the Regional, competing against No. 3 Michigan, host No. 14 Denver and Minnesota.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE

Date TV/Stream Location Time
Thursday, March 30
Play-In Meet: North Carolina vs Arizona ESPN+ Denver Regional 12 p.m. PT/1 p.m. MT

No. 5 Utah , No. 12 Auburn, Southern Utah and Washington

ESPN+ Los Angeles Regional 2 p.m. PT

No. 4 Utah , No. 13 Missouri, Stanford and BYU/Boise State Winner

ESPN+ Los Angeles Regional 7 p.m. PT
Friday, March 31

No. 7 California, No. 10 Michigan State, Western Michigan, West Virginia

ESPN+ Pittsburgh Regional 11 a.m. PT/2 p.m. ET

No. 2 Florida, No. 15 Arizona State , Maryland, and winner of Towson vs. Penn State

ESPN+ Pittsburgh Regional 4 p.m. PT/7 p.m. ET

No. 6 LSU, No. 11 Oregon State , Georgia, Nebraska

ESPN+ Denver Regional 1 p.m. PT/2 p.m. MT

No. 3 Michigan, No. 14 Denver, Minnesota, and winner of Arizona vs. North Carolina.

ESPN+ Denver Regional 6 p.m. PT/7 p.m. MT
Saturday, April 1

Regional Final (4 Teams, TBD)

ESPN+ Los Angeles Regional 5 p.m. PT
Sunday, April 2

Regional Final (4 Teams, TBD)

ESPN+ Pittsburgh Regional 2 p.m. PT/5 p.m. ET

Regional Final (4 Teams, TBD)

ESPN+ Denver Regional 4 p.m. PT/5 p.m. MT

WCGA REGULAR SEASON ALL-AMERICANS

Pac-12 womens gymnastics saw 12 student-athletes earn WCGA Regular Season All-America honors , the Womens Collegiate Gymnastics Association announced Thursday. Nine of the 12 received first-team status, while the 12 collected a total of 26 awards among first-and-second-team honors in the all-around and the vault, bars, beam and floor events.

  • Oregon State:
    • Jade Carey - First Team (All-Around, Vault, Bars, Beam, Floor)
  • UCLA:
    • Jordan Chiles - First Team (All-Around, Vault, Bars, Floor)
    • Selena Harris - First Team (All-Around,); Second Team (Vault, Bars, Beam)
    • Chae Campbell - Second Team (Vault, Floor)
  • Utah:
    • Jaedyn Rucker - Second Team (Vault)
    • Maile OKeefe - First Team (Beam)
    • Kara Eaker - First Team (Beam)
    • Cristal Isa - Second Team (Beam)
  • California:
    • Andi Li - First Team (Bars); Second Team (All-Around)
    • Mya Lauzon - First Team (Vault, Beam); Second Team (Floor)
    • Maddie Williams - First Team (Bars)
    • eMjae Frazier - First Team (Floor)

2023 PAC-12 HONORS

The Pac-12 Conference announced the 2023 Pac-12 Women's Gymnastics All-Conference honors and Annual Awards, presented by Gatorade, on Tuesday March, 21. For a second consecutive year, Oregon State's Jade Carey earned Gymnast of the Year honors and Utah's Maile O'Keefe was named the Specialist of the Year. UCLA's Selena Harris was named the Freshman of the Year and Arizona State's Jay Santos was named the Coach of the Year for the second time in his career. The individual award recipients are voted on by the league's head coaches.

The All-Pac-12 First Team consists of the top six all-around performers, and top six performers in each individual event (including ties) based on national qualifying scores. All-Pac-12 honorable mention recipients are the seventh- and eighth-place performances in each individual event and the all-around (including ties) based on national qualifying scores. For the full 2023 All-Pac-12 Honors click here .

198 CLUB

Utah, Oregon State, California and UCLA all posted team scores over 198 this season, representing four of just 11 teams in the country to do so in 2023. In all, the Pac-12 saw seven scores over 198 in 2023.

  • California ended the regular season with a ton of momentum, scoring back-to-back 198s at a pair of home quad meets, marking the Bears two highest scores in program history and just the second and third times all-time to go over the 198 plateau. Cal also broke the program balance beam record in the quad meet on Friday, March 10 with a 49.600.
  • In a top-25 showdown on March 5, UCLA came out on top over the Cardinal (198.175-196.825) with the Bruins joining the 198 club behind their third-highest bars score in school history (49.725). UCLA recorded its second 198+ of the season in the finale against Iowa State on March 11, with their score of 198.275 being the sixth-highest in program history.
  • Utahs 198.550 in the top-10 win over Cal on Feb. 24 marked the second 198+ score of the season for the Utes, which was its third-best score in program history. The Utes first of the season came in a 198.200-197.450 win in a top-five matchup against UCLA on Feb. 3.
  • In the win over Stanford on Feb. 24, Oregon State topped the 198 mark for the first time in program history, scoring a 198.075. The Beavers also broke the programs beam record with a 49.650 at the meet.

PERFECT 10s

The Conference saw 18 Perfect 10s during the 2023 regular season. Six-time Gymnast of the Week Jade Carey led the way with seven. After earning 10s on floor, bars and vault this season, Carey became just the 13th NCAA gymnast to complete the gym slam with her first career perfect 10 on beam on March 4.

  • (7) Jade Carey, Oregon State
    • Jan. 14 at Wasatch Classic - 10.0 on floor and vault
    • Feb. 18 vs. Arizona - 10.0 on floor and vault
    • Feb. 24 at Stanford - 10.0 on floor and bars
    • March 4 at Arizona - 10.0 on beam
  • (3) Jordan Chiles, UCLA
    • Feb. 10 vs. Arizona State - 10.0 on floor
    • March 5 vs. Stanford - 10.0 on bars
    • March 11 vs. Iowa State - 10.0 on bars
  • (3) Maile OKeefe, Utah
    • Feb. 3 vs. UCLA - 10.0 on beam
    • Feb. 10 at Metroplex Challenge - 10.0 on beam
    • Feb. 24 vs. California - 10.0 on beam
  • (1) eMjae Frazier, Cal (First career)
    • March 3 at LSU Podium Challenge - 10.0 on floor
  • (1) Mya Lauzon, Cal (First career)
    • March 12 at Haas Quad Meet #2 - 10.0 on beam
  • (1) Kara Eaker, Utah
    • Jan. 13 at Rio Tinto Best of Utah Quad Meet - 10.0 on beam
  • (1) Jaedyn Rucker, Utah (First career)
    • Feb. 24 vs. California - 10.0 on vault
  • (1) Cristal Isa, Utah
    • March 3 vs. Arizona - 10.0 on beam

BY THE (HISTORIC) NUMBERS

It was a season full of record-setting numbers for Pac-12 womens gymnastics squads and gymnasts. Two programs - Oregon State and California - posted their highest team scores in program history, with OSU breaking the 198 mark for the first time. Other highlights include:

  • Utah became just the second team in Pac-12 history to win at least three straight conference titles only behind the four straight that UCLA won from 1987-90. The three consecutive championships and six overall by Utah are the most by any Pac-12 team since the conference expanded in 2012.
  • Cal finished third at the Pac-12 Championships behind their highest team score at the event in program history (197.825), while junior All-American Mya Lauzon became the first Bear all-time to earn a Pac-12 beam title after she finished in a tie for first on the event at the championships.
  • ASU finished the regular season with an NQS over 197 for just the third time in program history and the second time under head coach Jay Santos.
  • Olympic Gold Medalist and now back-to-back Pac-12 Gymnast of the Year Jade Carey has been superb in her sophomore campaign at Oregon State. She is just the third gymnast in Pac-12 history to earn the award in consecutive years and the seventh overall to earn the honor more than once during a career. As the back-to-back Pac-12 All-Around title holder, Carey is only the fourth gymnast to win the all-around at the event two straight years. She broke the OSU all-around record two straight weeks with back-to-back 39.875s, which is tied for the second highest all-around score in the country this year. At the Wasatch Classic on Jan. 14, Carey became the first OSU gymnast to record a pair of perfect scores in a meet since former Beaver Chari Knight accomplished the feat in 1993. She went on to do it two more times during the regular season, scoring a 10.0 on floor and bars on Feb. 24 vs. Stanford and a pair of 10s on floor and vault in the win over Arizona on Feb. 18. She won the Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week honor six times in 2023.
  • Careys 2020 Olympic teammate, UCLA sophomore Jordan Chiles earned five Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week honors this year, including two straight to end the regular season. In the finale against Iowa State, Chiles posted the nations best all-around score of 2023 with a 39.900, which was the second-highest all-around score by a Bruin in program history.
  • Carey and Chiles were the only Pac-12 gymnasts to sweep all four event titles and the all-around in a single meet this year. Jade did it three times (Beaver Quad Meet on Jan. 21, vs. No. 7 California on Feb 10, vs. Arizona on Feb. 18) while Chiles did it once against Iowa State.
  • In the final Pac-12 dual of the regular season on March 11, Oregon State upset then No. 4 Utah 197.950-197.700. The 197.950 was the Beavers second-best score in all-time and highest score inside Gill Coliseum in program history, while the home victory kept OSUs home record perfect over the last two seasons of competition.
  • California sophomore Mya Lauzon, a two-time Specialist of the Week honor this year, ended the regular season on a high note, winning five of the six events she competed in at Cals two home quads meets on March 10 & 12. After breaking the program beam record with a 9.975 on Friday, she followed that performance with the first perfect 10 on the event in school history on Sunday. The Sunday performance helped the Bears to the second-highest team beam score in NCAA history (49.825), which is also tied for the highest team score on any event in 2023.
  • Utah senior Maile OKeefe, last years Pac-12 Specialist of the Year and a two-time Specialist of the Week honoree in 2023, has posted three perfect 10s on beam this season to give her seven for her career, setting a new Utah record for most 10.0s in a career and breaking the tie with Theresa Kulikowski (1999-2003), who earned six during her career.
  • California competed at LSUs Podium Challenge on March 3 where freshman eMjae Frazier made history, becoming the first Bear to earn a 10.0 on the floor and first freshman to earn a 10.0 on any event since former Bear Toni Ann Williams in 2015. Earlier in the season on Feb. 18 in a win over Arizona, Frazier tied the Bears program record of 39.700 to win the first all-around title of her career.
  • In the loss to the Beavers on Feb. 24, Stanfords 197.575 was the fifth-best in program history and the best in Maples Pavilion dating back to 1999.
  • The Sun Devils upset over No. 4 Utah by just .050 of a point on Feb. 20 was ASUs first win over the Utes since 2003 and first in Tempe since 2000 behind the 11th-best score in program history. ASU senior Hannah Scharf was key to the win, setting a career high of 39.675 in the all-around against Utah, which ranks as the 10th-best AA score in program history. With the meet against the Utes coming down to the last rotation on the floor, Scharf scored a 9.925 to win the event and secure the Sun Devil upset.
  • After the conference had not seen a tie in a regular season league dual since Feb. 23, 2020, there were ties in three consecutive weeks. The first came between Oregon State and UCLA on January 29 in LA, the second came a week later as Oregon State hosted California at Gill Coliseum on Feb. 10 and the third was between UCLA and California in Berkeley on Feb. 18.
  • Cals score of 197.600 in the win over Arizona State on Feb. 4 was the sixth-highest score in program history, while its 9-0 mark to start the year was one win shy of matching the record of 10, which was set back in 2015.
  • Utah matched its school record on beam against UCLA on Feb. 3, scoring a 49.775.
  • Oregon States 197.275 in the tie at UCLA on Jan. 29 was their highest score at UCLA in program history.
  • UCLA freshman Selena Harris, the No. 1 ranked recruit in the nation last year, has lived up to her billing in her first collegiate season. Harris earned five straight Freshman/Newcomer of the Week awards to start the season, tying the Pac-12 record for most consecutive weekly awards, held by Toni-Ann Williams from California in 2015. Harris earned the honor for a sixth time on March 14 to tie the all-time record for most freshman honors in a season since the award was introduced in 2013, held by Williams, Utahs MyKayla Skinner (2017) and Oregon States Jade Carey (2022).
  • Utah opened the season taking down the then-No.6 LSU Tigers (197.275-196.775) in front of a packed house of over 11,000 fans at the Huntsman Center in an event that aired live on ESPN2. It was Utahs highest season-opening score since 2005 and the third-best in program history.
  • California opened its season with a historical performance, posting its best overall score in a season-opening meet in program history (197.457), taking first at the Super 16 event in Las Vegas. Cals No. 3 Road to Nationals ranking after week one was its highest in the ranking system in program history.

ROAD TO NATIONALS RANKINGS

  • The Road to Nationals rankings serve as the official rankings for NCAA gymnastics as it tracks team and individual scores overall and by event. After week seven competition, the rankings switched to the National Qualifying Score (NQS) rather than a straight average. The NQS, which is calculated by taking the highest six scores of the season, three of which must be road scores, then dropping the high score and averaging the remaining five, is ultimately used to determine which programs qualify for NCAA Regionals. Heading into the 2023 NCAA Regionals, six of eight Pac-12 programs finished the regular season in the top 20 in the country and all eight sit in the top 28, including five in the top 15.
  • UCLA moved ahead of Utah in the rankings over the last two weeks of the season with the Bruins narrowly taking the No. 4 spot (197.950). Utah is at No. 5 (197.910) while California is at No. 7 (197.825).
  • Oregon State made the biggest jump of any team in the country in 2023, moving up 13 spots - No. 26 to now No. 11 - from week one to week 11 with a 197.490 NQS average. Arizona State made the second-biggest jump moving from No. 22 to No. 15 (197.105) in a three-week period after the switch to NQS. Stanford is at No. 20 (196.930) with Washington at No. 27 (196.585) and Arizona at No. 28 (196.570).
  • On team events scores - On beam, Pac-12 programs hold four of the top six NQS spots in the country, led by Utah in the top spot at 49.670, followed by Oregon State (49.565) in third, UCLA in fifth (49.560) and California (49.540) in sixth after posting the nations best overall score on the event this season (49.825), which was also the highest team total on any event in the country this year; On vault, Utah is tied for fourth (49.430) and California is 10th (49.370); On bars, California is fourth (49.575), UCLA is fifth (49.545) and Utah is sixth (49.525); UCLA has the nation's top floor average of 49.630 while Utah is sixth (49.530), Oregon State is eighth (49.510), and California is in 10th (49.495).
  • Several individual gymnasts rank among the top-10 performers in the country on individual events:
    • In the all-around, Pac-12 gymnasts own the top two NQS averages in the country, OSUs Jade Carey and UCLAs Jordan Chiles, first and second, respectively, at 39.820 and 39.810. Bruin freshman Selena Harris is the third Pac-12 gymnast in the top 10 in sixth (39.680).
    • In vault, Carey is second in the country with a 9.960 NQS average with Chiles in third at 9.950 and Cals Mya Lauzon is seventh (9.930).
    • On bars, UCLAs Chiles led the nation at 9.980, followed by OSUs Carey in a tie for fourth at 9.965, Cals Andi Li in a tie for sixth at 9.960 and Cals Madelyn Williams in a tie for eighth at 9.955.
    • On the floor, OSUs Carey had the top NQS score in the country at 9.985, followed by UCLAs Chiles in a tie for fourth at 9.965 and Cals eMjae Frazier in a tie for eighth at 9.950.
    • On the balance beam, Utahs Maile OKeefe is alone in first with a 9.980 NQS average, followed by OSUs Carey in second at 9.975, Utahs Kara Eaker in fourth at 9.965, Cals Mya Lauzon in a tie for seventh at 9.950 and UCLAs Harris in a tie for ninth at 9.945.

2023 Pac-12 Women's Gymnastics Weekly Awards

Gymnast Specialist Freshman/Newcomer Coaches Choice
Jan. 10 Jordan Chiles, UCLA Mya Lauzon, CAL Selena Harris, UCLA Ella Cesario, CAL
Jan. 17 Jade Carey, OSU Kara Eaker, UTAH Selena Harris, UCLA Ira Alexeeva, STAN
Jan. 24 Jade Carey, OSU Amara Cunningham, WASH Selena Harris, UCLA Chloe Lashbrooke, UCLA
Jan. 31 Jade Carey, OSU eMjae Frazier, CAL Selena Harris, UCLA Elizabeth LaRusso, ARIZ
Feb. 7 Jordan Chiles, UCLA Maile OKeefe, UTAH Selena Harris, UCLA Emily White, ASU
Feb. 14

Jade Carey, OSU

Jordan Chiles, UCLA

Maile OKeefe, UTAH Makenna Smith, UTAH Chae Campbell, UCLA
Feb. 21 Jade Carey, OSU Chae Campbell, UCLA eMjae Frazier, CAL Malia Hargrove, ARIZ
Feb. 28 Jade Carey, OSU Jaedyn Rucker, UTAH Anna Roberts, STAN Hannah Scharf, ASU
March 7 Jordan Chiles, UCLA Cristal Isa, UTAH eMjae Frazier, CAL Hannah Scharf, ASU
March 14 Jordan Chiles, UCLA Mya Lauzon, CAL Selena Harris, UCLA Nevaeh DeSouza, CAL